Tea supplies will be tight!

Oh dear. Shock. Horror. Better start collecting acorns and buying a grinder.

Grantanow

Oh dear. Shock. Horror. Better start collecting acorns and buying a grinder.

I thought that was a coffee substitute?

No sign of shortage in Tesco yesterday plus there were plenty of their cheapest own brand.

No shortage of the decaff ones I buy for my husband in Sainsbury's today. It was cheaper however to buy two packs of 40 instead of one pack of 80 if you had a nectar card.
I've got enough of the ones I prefer to last me until next year (half a pack of 40) as it something I very rarely drink.

Callistemon21

GrannyGravy13

I will only panic when certain wines are scarce.

I did ask DH if Australian and New Zealand wines would be adpffdcted.

And wondered if we needed to share a tea bag.

I’d give up wine before tea, Yorkshire of course
We'll be ok, Yorkshire tea comes from Yorkshire, Jaxjacky

high grown on the moors, picked at moonlight, transported by golden panniers on silver unicorns, dried by precious noonday sunlight, packed in gossamer, delivered by elfin hands, or from Waitrose in Otley

If the media hype it up more than they already have, then you can bet your bottom dollar that stockpiling will happen (unless supermarkets wisely restrict how much you can buy at one time), and prices will rocket (that goes without saying - the slightest excuse is all that’s needed).

Has anyone noticed the limited choice in loose leaf tea?
we usually buy in Sainsbury or Waitrose, only really brew
for visitors including family.
We like Assam or Lapsang Souchong in the afternoon or evening as its lighter.

I have Yorkshire on order atm, now checking to see if they honour the price at the time of order or if it has increased.

Callistemon21

Has to be china, though!

Has to be china and a cup and saucer made in a teapot, not a mug and a tea bag waggle.
When I was little eons ago some of the old men drank tea out of special large saucers. I think perhaps it is an Irish habit though some novelists talk about a dish of tea.

I prefer tea too but I am picky and only drink the brand beginning with T and ending in S in a yellow or orange coloured box.
If that gets in short supply it will be gin - not fussy about the brand though.

SORES

Callistemon21

GrannyGravy13

I will only panic when certain wines are scarce.

I did ask DH if Australian and New Zealand wines would be adpffdcted.

And wondered if we needed to share a tea bag.

I’d give up wine before tea, Yorkshire of course
We'll be ok, Yorkshire tea comes from Yorkshire, Jaxjacky

high grown on the moors, picked at moonlight, transported by golden panniers on silver unicorns, dried by precious noonday sunlight, packed in gossamer, delivered by elfin hands, or from Waitrose in Otley

But all sold out in Waitrose today!!

We bought the brand grown in Dorset 😁, it's one of DH's favourites.

I went to our specialist tea shop here in France today and she hadn't heard of shortages yet. I stocked up on loose-leaf Assam and Grand Yunnan and she agreed to put some on one side for us if things get worse. 😂

Big boxes of Typhoo and Tetley seemed to be in short supply, but the shelves are heavily stocked with all those things like tea pigs and rooibos or anything too expensive to stop pile really.

My DH is a hoarder (the house is kept tidy by my Herculean efforts). He cannot resist a bargain and three for the price of two or reduced prices - special offer are among his favourite words in the English language. Thus we already have a stockpile of tea, enough to withstand any apocalypse. It was the same with the toilet rolls at the beginning of Covid. He is unbearably smug and tells me that what I call hoarding is actually saving/prepping for an emergency and that he has been proved right. As tea is my favourite drink, I am grateful in this instance.

For the poster who wondered about tea leaves being past their best, I was once told that it would be theoretically possible to drink tea from leaves in the pyramids. I’m not sure l would want to try that but the best before dates are a guide and tea never really expires.

For the poster who wondered about tea leaves being past their best, I was once told that it would be theoretically possible to drink tea from leaves in the pyramids. I’m not sure l would want to try that but the best before dates are a guide and tea never really expires

It was me, thank you. It would only be in an emergency, a set of rather nice small gift tins bought for us umpteen years ago which seemed too nice to open!

DH heard the same thing about honey found in a Pyramid, apparently it would have been fine to eat!

Sorry, Calistemon.

Stacks of boxes of tea (all brands) in Sainsbury’s yesterday afternoon.
And eggs.
My Burford Browns had been missing for a couple of days.
I always think of EV our crumpet queen when I buy them.
👋

I’m still puzzling over the tea that begins with a ‘T’ and ends with an ‘s’…
🤔

Twinings, Urms - or Tetleys, or even Tea 🐷 Pigs.
☕️/🥂 xx

Goodness, I’m dim this morning!
Thanks Grandmafrench 😁
Good job I don’t bother with crosswords …

I shall be cracking open my Coronation tea tin

I don’t drink tea at all, much prefer coffee and an evening glass of Whispering Angel or Earl Grey/herbal. DH on the other hand is the tea drinker and will only drink Scottish Blend.

luluaugust

I shall be cracking open my Coronation tea tin

Which Coronation luluaugust 😁
If it was 1953 let us know what it was like!

I checked my souvenir tins which were a present and they are best before April 2020. I thought they were older than that.

The already opened tin of Yorkshire loose tea is best before August 2006.

Being fussy about my tea, I spoke to both the Co-op manager and my Rington's rep. Both say they have no problems

It's the usual scaremongering!

I drink coffee so I'm ok but I get it! There seems to be a shortage of everything in UK these days from medicines to foodstuffs! 😒😢

Aldi is cheaper than BNM at moment on Yorkshire tea. I paid £2 for 40 teabags. Then saw 160 for £5.50 in Aldi. Sometimes it pays to have a big box in hand . Nothing nicer than a brew whilst peering out a the rain.